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Several types of mutations of the Abl gene can be found in chronic myeloid leukemia patients resistant to STI571, and they can pre-exist to the onset of treatment.
Blood - 1 Aug 2002
Roche-Lestienne Catherine, Soenen-Cornu Valerie, Grardel-Duflos Nathalie, Laï Jean-Luc, Philippe Nathalie, Facon Thierry, Fenaux Pierre, Preudhomme Claude
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Targeting the tyrosine kinase activity of BCR-ABL represents a very promising therapeutic strategy in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Despite strong efficacy of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571, resistance has been observed in a significant proportion of patients in advanced CML stage or in Ph-positive acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL). We investigated in this study the mechanism of resistance to STI571 through...
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